Buckeye Jim (hi-med-lo)

by Burl Ives

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BUCKEYE JIM hi-med-lo
Trad. Folk song
Burl Ives
Key: C
Time: 2/4


10 -10  9   9  8  9   -10  9
 7  -6  6   6  5  6   -6   6
 4  -3' 3   3  2  3   -3'  3
Way up yon-der a-bove the sky

8  9   -10    9   8  8 -10   8   8-8 7
5  6    -6    6   5  5 -6    5   5-4 4
2  3    -3'   3   2  2 -3'   2   2-1 1
A blue-bird lived in a jay-bird's eye.

Chorus:

 8    9   7    7   -8   8
 5    6   4    4   -4   5
 2    3   1    1   -1   2
Buck-eye Jim, you can't go

9    9   -10  7     7   -8   8
6    6   -6   4     4   -4   5
3    3   -3'  1     1   -1   2
Go weave and spin, you can't go

 8   -8   7
 5   -4   4
 2   -1   1
Buck-eye Jim

Way up yonder above the moon
A jaybird lived in a silver spoon.

Way down yonder in a wooden trough
An old woman died of the whoopin' cough.

Way up yonder above the sky
A jaybird spit in a bluebird's eye.